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​Greetings from Fr. Isidore Clarke. Today I'm going to reflect on the Gospel for 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time, (Matt. 23. 1-12).This makes uncomfortable reading for preachers.Although the Scribes and Pharisees form the immediate target of today's Gospel its criticism is directed to preachers, parents and to all who have the responsibility of tellin...

Brothers and sistersThe Holy Father Pope Francis has asked all Catholics to recognize 'World day of the poor' on 19th November 2017, under the theme 'Love, not in word but in deed'.The diocese has invited Gabriel Malzaire, Bishop of Dominica, to speak on the 15th November, 2017 about 'the Eucharist and the poor', the subject of one of his books.I a...

​THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMANDMENTHow can loving be a commandment? Surely you either love someone or you don't.Yet Jesus called it a commandment, the greatest of all the commandments: "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." But after saying that Jesus added the second commandment, "You must lo...